The Gallery

With most of our events, someone invariably takes some photographs and allows us to share
them with others who were not so fortunate as to be able to attent these. Here is a selection
of these images.

The earliest of these pictures are from our 2008 Heritage Day trip to Simonstown. This was
the very first trip under the Atlantic Rail name and unfortunately shortly thereafter we were
requested to get additional licenses, agreements and certifications. Because of this, there
was a two year drought before the next event. We now plan to run quite regularly and to become
a familiar sight on the Cape's railway lines.

On some holidays such as Christmas and Easter, Atlantic Rail runs special trains like
the Santa Special. Each child receives a gift from Santa and there is an opportunity of having
pictures taken with Santa on the front of the Loco.

After an absence of over two years, Atlantic Rail ran on the South Peninsula line again.
The destination Station was Fish Hoek. After dropping passengers, the train continued on towards Glencairn Station.
This was the first train to go down that track in over a year. The trip was done carefully as no service crews
had been along the line in quite a while. At one point, the dunes had started to wander over the tracks
and this had to be cleared by hand. However, the iconic scene of the train passing Glencairn Beach was
worth all the sweat.

Atlantic Rail hosted an open day in association with CitySightseeing Cape Town and the Train Lodge .
Visitors were able to have short trips on both our steam train and the vintage bus.
Various vintage car clubs had their cars on display and there were a variety of craft stalls.
The 'Red Devil' was pulled out so that visitors could take photographs.
A great time was had by all.